Gate



H. V. CALKINS.

GATE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 20, 1920.

1,364,981, I Patented Jan. 11,1921.

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H. V. CALKINS.

GATE. APPLICATION FILED APR. 20, I920;

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GATE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERBERT V. CALKINs,

a citizen of the United States. residing at Longmont, in the county ofBoulder and State of Colorado, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Gates; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in gates and hasfor its primary object the provision of a device of the above statedcharacter which may be easily actuated from points foreign to said gateand which' will open and close itself.

Another object of this invention is the provision of a weighted gatemounted on a transverse axis and has means associated therewith that maybe easily actuated for causing the same to either open or close saidate.

A further object of this invention is the provision of a movably mountedweight adapted to cooperate with the weight on the gate for moving andholding said gate in an open position and which may be easily andconveniently actuated to cause it to discontinue its cooperation withthe weight of the gate so that said gate may move to a closed positionof its own accord.

A still further object of this invention is the provision of a gate ofthe above stated character, which shall be simple, durable andefficient, and which may be manufactured and sold at a comparatively lowcost.

With these and other objects in view as will'become more apparent as thedescription proceeds, the invention consists in certain novel featuresof construction, combination, andarrangement of parts -as will behereinafter more fully described and claimed. 7 i

For a complete understandingof *my invention, reference is to be had tothe following description'and accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1is a side elevation, illustrating a gate constructed in accordancewith'my 1nvention, I

Fig. 2 is a top plan view illustrating the same, I

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary side elevation Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 11, 1921.

Application filed April 20, 1920. Serial No. 375,340.

partly in section illustrating the gate in an open position,

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary sectional view taken at right angles to Fig. 3,

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary sectional view illustrating the means of movingthe gate into open position,

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on the line 66 of Fig. 5.

Fig. 7 is a vertical longitudinal section of a portion of the hinged endof the gate.

Referring in detail to the drawings, the character A indicates a gateway formed by posts 1, 2 and 3 and which gate way is adapted to beclosed by a gate 1 mounted on a transverse axis and adapted to assume asubstantially vertical position when open so as to only require acomparatively small space when in an open position and also when movinginto an open or closed position. The posts 2 and 3 are relatively spacedand connected by a brace 5 and have secured thereto anaxle 6 on whichthe gate 4: is journaled. The gate 4: consists of a plurality ofhorizontal panels 7 connected by vertical panels or members 8 at one endand the other end has some of the panels 7 of shorter length than theothers and are connected to the longer panels by braces 9 while thelonger panels are connected by members 10 and the irregular ends of saidpanels are disposed beyond the posts 2 and 2 and 3 and the verticalmembers 13 to prevent the gate from having a lateral movement on theaxle during its movement into open and closed position.

A'weight' 15 is positioned between the members 10 ofthe weight receivingportion 11 of the gate and has formed thereon spaced arms 16 which areconnected to the gate 4 at its point of connection with the axle 6 andsaid weight is not sufficiently heavy enough to swing the gate into anopen or vertical position as illustrated in Fig. 3. The largestproportion of the weight 15 is disposed in a plane below the axle 6.

A wheel 17 has its hub 18 journaled on the axle 6 within the wheelreceiving space 12 of the gate and the periphery of said wheel is alsoreceived between the arms 16 of the weight 15 and said wheel has securedthereto an auxiliary weight 19 which is adapted to cooperate with theweight 15 in swinging the gate into an open or vertical position. Aspring actuated catch 20 is carried by the wheel 17 adjacent theauxiliary weight 19 and is adapted to engage a keeper 21 secured to theweight 15 for the purpose of locking the auxiliary weight 19 to theweight 15 and when said weights are locked together and the gate is in aclosed position, the weight 19 with the weight 15 is sufficient to swingsaid gate into an open position. An. actuating cable 22 is connected tothe spring actuated catch 20 and passes over a pulley 23 mounted on thebrace 5 and has connected thereto branch cables or actuating elements 24that pass over pulleys 25 and extend to points foreign to said gate andupon each side of the gate so that said catch can be actuated at a pointdistant from the gate. The pulleys 25 are carried by an arm 26 securedto the brace 5 and extends rearwardly of the posts 2 and 3.

In operation, the auxiliary weight 19 when freed from the weight 15 andwith the gate in a closed position assumes a substantially perpendicularposition at a point below the axle 6 and to cause said gate to move intoan open position, one of the cables 2% is pulled rotating the wheel 19and causing the catch 20 to engage the keeper 21, looking the weightstogether and the weights then cooperate with each other in swinging thegate into a vertical position as illustrated in Fig. 3 so that the gateway A is opened. When the gate is in a vertical or open position, theweight 15 is positioned slightly laterally of the vertical axis of thewheel. and to permit the gate to move into a closed position, one of"the cables 2% is pulled to disengage the catch and the weight 15 thenmoves into the direction of a perpendicular position causing the freeend of the gate to tilt toward the post 1 and as the free end of thegate is heavier than the pivoted end of" the same and the weight, saidgate moves automatically into a closed position.

While I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of myinvention, it will be understood that minor changes in construction,combination, and arrangement of parts may be made without departing fromthe spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

Having thus described my invention what I claim is: Y

1. A gate comprising i a gate structure mounted for movement about atransverse axis and normally maintaining a horizontal or closedposition, a main weight connected to the gate structure, a movablymounted auxiliary weight associated with the gate structure, means forraising the auxiliary weight and looking it to the main weight to causethe weights to open the gate, and means for releasing the auxiliaryweight from the main weight to permit the gate to close.

2. A gate including spaced posts, a gate pivoted to one of said postsand adapted to move about a transverse axis, a main weight connected tothe pivoted end of said gate structure, an auxiliary weight mounted forrotation about said axis, means for raising the auxiliary weight andlooking it to the main weight to cause the weight to open the gate, andmeans for releasing theauxiliary weight from the main weight to permitthe gate to close.

3. A gate including spaced posts, an axle carried by said posts, a gatestructure jour naled on said axle, a weight connected to said gatestructure, a wheel journaled on said axle, an auxiliary weight securedto said wheel, means connecting and disconnecting the wheel with thefirst named weight to permit the auxiliary weight to cooperate with thefirst named weight in moving and holding the gate in an open or verticalposition- 4. A gate including posts, an axle secured to said posts, agate'journaled on said axle and mounted for movement about a transverseaxis, a weight secured to the pivoted end of the gate and ofsubstantially U- shape, a wheel journa-led on said axle and receivedbetween the arm portions of said substantially U-shaped weight, anauxiliary weight secured to said wheel, a catch carried by said wheel, akeeper carried by said substantially U-shaped weight, and meansconnected to said catch for causing the same to engage and disengage thekeeper, said catch when in engagement with the keeper adapted to causethe auxiliary weight to cooperate with the substantially U-shaped weightin swinging and holding the gate in a vertical or open position.

5. A gate comprising posts, an axle scoured-to said posts, a gatestructure includiug a plurality of panels extending between said postsand said panels being of double formation at one end of said gate struc-1 .secured tothe wheel, a keeper securedto. the

substantially U-shaped weight, a spring actuated catch carried by thewheel, operating means for said catch, said catch adapted to engage thekeeper to cause the weights to cooperate with each other in swinging andholding the gate structure in an open or vertical position. 1

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HERBERT V. CALKINS.

Witnesses:

WM. F. DAVIDSON, L. A. WHITE.

